Attentive dog is attentive. #Violet #DogsOfMastodon

Die ersten Blüten sind im Berggarten aufgetaucht. Habe noch nicht per App gecheckt, aber ich vermute, es sind Waldveilchen.

Comme un rêve... ⎪ Like a Dream...

« Le lac a commencé à geler, cette nuit. 
Le ciel est encore pur, tout s'éclaire d'un éclat inespéré... puis, en quelques minutes, un amoncellement de nuages colériques se regroupe et prend son élan. En moins d'une heure, ils sont sur nous. »

Vieille archive de Patagonie ⎪Old picture from Patagonia

It was Kengo's spa day. He got all clean, nails ground, teeth brushed, and got a teal bandana.
The forecast storm is still away, but wind has picked up. We're staying home today, and it's supposed to be clear by sunrise tomorrow, then we'll go out.

The first violet of spring!

#3GoodThings

1. Got to spend my entire birthday with @peterdrake since he wasn't traveling for it this year.
2. He also drew me a most excellent portrait of #Violet as a gift.
3. This month's book club pick inspired an hour of high-quality discussion.

#3GoodThings

1. My job is such that I can work from home on days when the electrician gives us very short notice that he's coming.
2. Took #Violet for a walk in the morning sunshine.
3. Finally finished all the SOD exception forms I've been working on for too many weeks.

"De natuur vind altijd een weg"!
#nature #flower #violet

#3GoodThings

1. Picked up a few new books.
2. #Violet gives good head tilt.
3. Josh Johnson.

#3GoodThings

1. Catching up on reading this hashtag over lunch made me feel better.
2. My boss has a lot of confidence in me.
3. Gave #Violet a bath with her special shampoo to help her itchy armpits.

Looks like digiKam is a bust, too. Auto-tagging is so bad as to be nearly worthless:

Reflecting pool in the fog? "traffic light"
Many photos of #Violet? "cat"
Drawing of a meerkat or someone spinning fire? "bird"
Box of rubber snakes? "bottle"

It's fairly good at *detecting* faces, but is totally unable to recognize them.

We might have to give up and stick with Google Photos because nothing else works.

#3GoodThings

1. Made decent progress on today's work tasks, even if I'm still an hour or two behind where I hoped to be.
2. Our department has an awesome equity manager.
3. Sleepy #Violet.

Violets fill the garden with their scent in early spring. They inspired me to this abstracted hand-painted watercolor painting.

Violet bouquet -
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/violet-bouquet-karen-kaspar.html